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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by JoshTriplett on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @01:43PM (#10981995)
If you make tips "optional", they will quickly become customary and expected. That does not seem like a feature.

When it comes to tips, I greatly prefer the European model, in which people neither expect nor offer tips under normal circumstances. Pay people to do a job, and pay them enough to want to do that job and do it well. Don't rely on customers to make up the difference.

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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by pbreit on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @01:49PM (#10982054)
Not when the transfer isn't made face-to-face. And it defaults to 0. So it actually is more like "the European model".
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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by JoshTriplett on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:31PM (#10983017)
I've already seen reports of Lyft drivers rating passengers entirely based on whether they received a tip.
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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by pbreit on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @06:47PM (#10984559)
I haven't driven in awhile but I don't recall that being possible. Drivers do not see the tips until the next day, long after they've had a chance to rate riders.
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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by st3v3r on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @04:51PM (#10983772)
So? As a driver, wouldn't you rather go after a fare that does tip instead of one that doesn't?
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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by JoshTriplett on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @04:57PM (#10983828)
One of many reasons I mentioned that "they will quickly become customary and expected".
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Re:Lyft Settles Worker Classification Lawsuit for $12.25M by st3v3r on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @07:25PM (#10984772)
So? One of the things about being a contractor is they're supposed to be able to choose the fares they want. They're doing the economically rational thing of choosing fares that net them more profit.
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